Frozen Beyond [gxg]

Hope

Two unexpected guests had Elsa pacing under the cover of the stars on deck. Jarrahs lute gently played in the background. Olaf was giggling with the young girl as they played on deck while Saphire sat grumpily on one sailing beam.

Anna went below deck to go to bed, she seemed to fatigue quickly these days.

She really hoped she was all right. When this was all over she needed to be sure Anna took it easy.

"What the hell is going on?" Elsa jumped and turned to face Keahi who was rubbing her forehead, a grimace on her lips. Keahi groaned, crushing the heels of her hands into her eyes. She looked disoriented and stumbled, catching a hand on the railing to support her.

Jarrah jogged up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. It was a mistake.

Keahi grabbed his arm in a lock, nearly popping it at the elbow joint. For someone so large, she slammed him to the railing like a rag doll. Keahi winced at the motion, but pinned his broad chest on the guard railings just over the water. Holding his arm in the lock, every wiggle he tried to make she pressed harder, which had a squeaking grunt coming from Jarrah. "What the hell are you thinking?"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Jarrah cracked out. "It's for your own good, I swear!"

"Calm down, Keahi." Saphire hustled over to the two, "Even though I get it, Jarrah is an idiot." She concluded, putting a hand on Keahi's arm.

Keahi relaxed for a fraction of a second.

Elsa's eyes narrowed as she marched over. Keahi stiffened as Elsa slowed, holding her hands up in surrender. "We didn't mean to scare we just had to get you away from Crow." She told as gently as she could.

Confusion marred the edges of Keahi's eyes as she looked back to Jarrah, "You know my brother will kill you if he figures out your deserters, you know that, right?"

"Yes, yes." Jarrah whined, "But just calm down and listen."

Elsa took a slow step forward, Keahi jumped a little and trained her gaze back on Elsa.

Elsa resisted the urge to run over and hug her despite the situation. She looked confused, angry, and a little scared. But not of the situation here, that fear clouded there in her eyes when she mentioned Crow. "I'm sorry, for what we did. But...I...had to get you away from Crow. I promise you're safe." Elsa realized she was standing just a foot away. She closed the remaining gap and put a hand on Keahi's, the same hand that was pinning Jarrah to the railing.

The heat and anger in Keahi's eyes diminished just enough, and she let Jarrah go. He popped up and ran to stand behind Saphire who just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "That's what you get." Elsa heard Saphire mumble to Jarrah who only whined in response.

"What the hell is going on? And what did you put in my drink?" Keahi demanded, taking a step back from Elsa as if she were afraid of her.

Elsa's heart shattered at the motion and she laced her hands in front of her, trying to keep herself as guarded and collected as possible. "Maybe you should rest a bit before we get into that." Elsa told, watching Keahi carefully.

Jarrah rolled his aching shoulder, gingerly coming up to a cooling down Keahi and cautiously slapping her arm. "Remember that old herbalist near the Dragon's Sea? I snagged a bag of sleep powder, just in case I ever needed it."

"What could you possibly need that for?" Keahi grunted, rubbing her neck achingly.

"Well, this was the first time I used it so not a lot of things, clearly." Jarrah grinned.